Recipe: Quinoa Stuffed Capsicums

Every time I see a recipe for a stuffed food – be it capsicum, zucchini or tomato I always think I should give it a try but for some reason it just never happened. So, when I got a couple of green capsicums in my organic veggie box I decided to stop thinking and start doing. And boy am I glad I did – these were tasty! I think they would be particularly great for a dinner party as they look pretty impressive, and you can do most of the work in advance and just pop them in the oven when you need them. Perfect!

You can really use whatever veggies you like to mix with the quinoa for the stuffing – and you could easily use brown rice instead of quinoa, but I think the quinoa works best because of the smaller sized grains. Up to you though!

Ingredients List

• Capsicums (any colour!)
• Carrot
• Mushrooms
• Tomato
• Onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup quinoa
• 1 cup veggie stock (or water)
• Paprika
• Cumin
• Chili flakes

Steps

1. Rinse quinoa then cook in the stock (bring to boil, then simmer for 15 minutes)
2. Halve the capsicums and remove the seeds and core
3. Dice the carrot, mushroom, onion and tomato, and crush the garlic
4. Cook the onion in a frypan for 5 minutes then add the garlic and cook for another minute
5. Add the spices and mix through
6. Add the carrot and cook for another 5 minutes (I added a splash of water at this point too)
7. Add the tomato and mushroom and cook for another minute
8. Mix the vegetables with the quinoa until combined
9. Place the capsicums in an oven dish and spoon in the quinoa mix
10. Cover with foil and cook for 35 minutes at 190C
11. Remove the foil and cook for a further 5 minutes
12. Drizzle with a little olive oil and then enjoy!

Step 1: Cook quinoa

Step 2: Halve and core capsicum

Step 3: Dice veggies

Step 4: Cook onion

Step 5: Add spices

Step 6: Add carrot

Step 7: Add tomato and mushroom

Step 8: Mix with quinoa

Step 9: Fill capsicums

Have you tried stuffing vegetables before? Got a favourite?

I Spy Plum Pie is Liz, an early 30s kiwi-born, Melbourne raised girl who is passionate about the environment and sustainability, food, exploring and learning new things. Join me on my journey to a happy, sustainable life!

2 Comments on Recipe: Quinoa Stuffed Capsicums

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   Nicole Everett

   June 10, 2013 at 1:15 pm (11 years ago)

   Liz, they look great, lots of colour. A yummy way to get some more Quinoa into my diet. Nicole

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     I Spy Plum Pie (admin)

     June 18, 2013 at 9:45 am (11 years ago)

     Thanks Nicole! I’m all about colourful food at the moment, probably because it’s so grey outside!

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